Menendez brothers resentencing updates: Erik and Lyle Menendez set for LA court return to fight for early release

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman filed a request to delay the Menendez brothers’ resentencing hearing late Wednesday.

Hochman argues that state prison and parole officers must first complete their risk assessments on the brothers.

Those assessments are ongoing and will be completed by June 13, California Governor Gavin Newsom said.

It’s still unclear if the filing will impact today’s hearing.

“The comprehensive risk assessment is not complete and it remains ongoing,” Newsom said in a statement Wednesday. “Per California legal regulations, one component of it has been released to the involved parties for their review 60 days before the clemency hearing, and is subject to correction. Our office notified Judge Jesic of the status of this report, which is not a stand-alone risk assessment, and offered to share it with the court should he request it.”

The pair were imprisoned for the double murder of their parents in their Beverly Hills home. In the decades since, they have gotten an education, participated in self-help classes and started various support groups for their fellow inmates – all behind bars.

The Menendez brothers will appear in Los Angeles court in just over two hours, at 9:30 a.m. local time, for their resentencing hearing.

However, prosecutors have filed a request to delay, arguing that state prison and parole officers first need to complete their risk assessments.

Newsom says these assessments will be ready in mid-June.

The status of that filing, made late Wednesday, is still unclear.

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